they had 7 children and are buried either at Hopewell Ch. or on family property
Enlisted in Co. I 22nd Reg. NC Inf. CSA on 8 Mar 1862...while AWOL, on 6 Sep 1862, he was hiding in the woods behind a log when he was found by the Confederate militia...When he jumped up to run, he was shot in the back...this account was given by Alice Shaw, niece of Elizabeth ...Elizabeth's brother Solomon, deeded 15 acres adjacent his own for Elizabeth...She lived htere until her death...Her Bible, dated 1849, is currently in the Bunting Archives...